16-17 / HARDKORE & BUFFBUNKER

"Saxophonist Alex Buess and drummer Knut Remond originated 16-17`s turbulent sound in the comparatively sedate surroundings of Basel, Switzerland in 1983. Sharing fellow countryman H.R. Giger`s fascination with suppressed horrors, their primal shock therapy raged against passivity. 16-17 were determined to locate a shared melting point for Extremist Rock, Free Music and Avant Garde electronics. It wasn`t until they recruited guitarist/noise fetishist Markus Kneubühler, and consequently released their firey, cassette only, `Buffbunker and Hardkore`on Swiss Indie `Vision`, that they began to fulfil their aims in earnest. Extending the electro/jazz explorations instigated by Miles Davis and his accolytes (Tony Williams`Lifetime in particular) in the early seventies, 16-17`s aggressive combination of Beat, Breath and Electronics mutated into a refreshing, Post Punk antidote to all the increasingly conformist tendencies. www.savageland.com